Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34236922›Full record

ReviewExpert opinion on therapeutic targets2021

Drugs that offer the potential to reduce hospitalization and mortality from SARS-CoV-2 infection: The possible role of the sigma-1 receptor and autophagy.

James Michael Brimson, Mani Iyer Prasanth, Dicson Sheeja Malar, Sirikalaya Brimson, Premrutai Thitilertdecha, Tewin Tencomnao

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In one paragraph

Review in Expert opinion on therapeutic targets, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Antidepressants for COVID-19: A systematic review.Journal of affective disorders · 2022
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  7. Sigma 1 Receptor and Its Pivotal Role in Neurological Disorders.ACS pharmacology & translational science · 2025
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  18. Potential mechanisms underlying lithium treatment for Alzheimer's disease and COVID-19.European review for medical and pharmacological sciences · 2022
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  19. Fluvoxamine for the treatment of COVID-19.The Lancet. Global health · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

James Michael BrimsonNatural Products for Neuroprotection and Anti-ageing Research Unit, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0003-2074-8262
Mani Iyer PrasanthNatural Products for Neuroprotection and Anti-ageing Research Unit, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0003-0956-0410
Dicson Sheeja MalarNatural Products for Neuroprotection and Anti-ageing Research Unit, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0003-4253-9496
Sirikalaya BrimsonDepartment of Clinical Microscopy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0003-3593-2601
Premrutai ThitilertdechaSiriraj Research Group in Immunobiology and Therapeutic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0002-1853-4073
Tewin TencomnaoNatural Products for Neuroprotection and Anti-ageing Research Unit, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.ORCID 0000-0003-4177-2165
Chulalongkorn University · THSiriraj Hospital · TH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AutophagyCOVID-19 Drug TreatmentAntiviral AgentsCOVID-19HospitalizationHumansReceptors, sigmaSARS-CoV-2Sigma-1 ReceptorAntiviral AgentsReceptors, sigmaSigma-1 ReceptorautophagychlorpromazineCOVID-19critical caredonepezilfluoxetinefluvoxaminelong COVIDSARS-CoV-2sigma-1

Identifiers

PMID34236922
PMCPMC8290373
OpenAlexW3179709962

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
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Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.